Chapter 22:Money and Talent Pour In

 Chapter 22: Information Rights Purchase (3)

The price surge came to a halt.

The amount of shares people were trying to sell decreased, while buy orders in the order book surged dramatically. The funny thing was that, amid all that massive buying pressure, someone suddenly started dumping an enormous volume of shares indiscriminately. The buy orders weren’t strong enough to withstand it. Thanks to an unimaginably large sell-off, the stock price plummeted.

14,100 won.

13,900 won.

13,600 won.

13,200 won.

Before long, it triggered a downside **VI** (Volatility Interruption).

Silence fell.

**Altang**: Uh, uh…? This isn’t supposed to happen…!

**Ants Trader**: How much did you buy?

**Altang**: 3 thousand Please, please go up!!

**Ants Trader**: Gonna get completely wiped out lol

Unfortunately for that person called Altang, if he doesn’t sell right now, he will almost certainly see the lower limit price. Of course, if he somehow holds through it and endures until tomorrow, the two consecutive upper-limit days starting tomorrow could let him recover everything—but the odds of him holding that long were extremely low.

“I’ll place a small buy order at the lower limit for now. It’s definitely a bubble, but picking some up at the lower limit still seems reasonable. And Altang-nim, if it were me, I’d sell now and buy back at the lower limit. Just my personal opinion.”

The stock discussion board was in complete chaos.

[Wait, what the hell… does this even make sense?]

[Crazy, what just happened]

[Wow, they’re really slaughtering the retail investors, damn…]

[Please, go back up!!]

[Guys, this is just a retail investor haircut! Belt message!!]

[We’re definitely going up! Upper limit today!]

[Gazuaaaaa!!]

While scrolling through the flood of various posts, the VI was lifted.

Trading resumed.

The price fell even more steeply.

Minus 21%.

The screen was filled with red.

“Wow, second downside VI.”

Everyone except Altang burst into laughter at the sight of the vertically crashing price.

**Ants Trader**

**True Education**: This is what stocks are all about!

**Dokdok**: Damn, the guy shows up wearing a weird mask and picks a stock to destroy on day one lol

**Gemmini**: Ah, this is so entertaining ㅎ

**Altang**: I’m going crazy

**Jurin-ing**: Watching this is peak entertainment!

The discussion board had a similar vibe.

[Yep, lower limit today^^]

[Exactly, who told you to buy this bubble stock lol]

[Just another shit stock ]

[Tomorrow lower limit too ]

[I’ll scoop some up if it hits 10,000 won, mouth open!]

[Aaaaghhh open wide!]

[Bro your jaw’s gonna rip apart ]

The investors were crying.

The spectators were laughing.

Even after the second VI was lifted, it didn’t mean much.

Straight to the lower limit.

At 9,230 won—the absolute bottom—sell orders began piling up.

[Ring!]

[Buy order executed.]

The small amount I had placed got filled.

“Small amount, but it got filled.”

Meanwhile, an enormous volume of sell orders was stacking up.

200,000 shares, 500,000 shares, 700,000 shares.

Buying interest vanished, and in an instant, around 1 million shares appeared on the sell side.

**Altang**: Ha… I’m screwed. Couldn’t sell…

**Ants Trader**: 1 million shares

**True Education**: That’s almost 10 billion lol

1 million shares placed for sale at 9,230 won. Most investors were trembling in fear, but Ryu Seong wasn’t afraid at all.

Tomorrow and the day after.

Two consecutive 30% upper-limit days.

“I’m going to buy right here, at the current price.”

This was the perfect moment to strongly imprint his image. To the small number of viewers watching right now, this would surely remain a powerful memory. That memory would become the driving force that brings them back to the channel again.

That much was enough.

As expected, the chat exploded.

**Yeobeun**: Just joined—what’s going on?

**True Education**: He’s buying at lower limit lol Why tho??

**Gemmini**: Oh, this is gonna be fun! Gazuaaaa!

**Altang**: Uuu…!

Ryu Seong smiled inwardly and placed a buy order using every remaining won he had.

[Ring!]

[Buy order executed.]

250 million won.

Over 27,000 shares.

“Looks like I bought it cheap.”

At his calm remark, the chat went wild again.

**Yeobeun**: Holy shit, subscribed!

**Gemmini**: I… I can’t deny this…ㄷㄷ True alpha male!!!!!

**True Education**: 250 million? Damn, steel balls

**Holic**: Tomorrow’s gonna be insane

**Ants Soldier**: Gotta come watch tomorrow

After that, Ryu Seong kept chatting while watching the sell orders pile up at the lower limit.

For about two hours.

Having nothing more to say, he decided to end the live stream.

“It was fun today. See you tomorrow.”

After saying goodbye and turning off the stream, the tension drained away and his whole body ached.

“Phew, this isn’t easy either.”

Still, the subscriber count had risen to 11.

It was a decent start.

*

The long-awaited disclosure finally appeared.

1. Disclosure Title

Power Edison and Company H Establish Electric Vehicle Collaboration

2. Disclosure Details

Power Edison hereby discloses that it has entered into a collaboration with Company H regarding electric vehicles. Power Edison possesses exclusive technology related to electric vehicles, while Company H has know-how in electric vehicle sales as well as various technologies. By sharing each other’s networks…

The moment this disclosure went live, the stock discussion board basically lost its collective mind.

[Did you see the disclosure?! DID YOU SEE IT?!]

[Crazy lol They hit lower limit and then drop an H Company collab disclosure? F***!]

[Sold at lower limit… This is so f***ed ]

[No wonder buy orders came alive at the very end of trading, damn it]

[Upper limit reserved for tomorrow?]

[To the moon gazuaaaa!]

[Expecting 10 consecutive upper limits^^]

[This is guaranteed 10x lol]

They looked borderline insane.

Honestly, it was understandable.

While quietly scrolling through the posts—

[There was that YouTuber who bought 250 million at lower limit yesterday lol]

[Ah, the weird mask guy?]

[Yeah lol The concept is insane, but seeing him scoop everything up at lower limit was impressive. Gonna watch again tomorrow!]

[Oho lol]

There were mentions of Ryu Seong too.

Oho, nice.

Someone had even linked the YouTube video, and thanks to that, his subscriber count had jumped quite a bit.

“Keuh.”

Tomorrow was going to be really fun.

Vrrr.

Apparently Lee Shin-woo felt the same way.

Right then, a call came in.

“Hey, what’s up?”

(Whoa, the disclosure dropped. You see it?)

It was Lee Shin-woo, the one he’d shared the info with.

“Yeah, just a bit ago.”

(I actually threw 10 million in, you know?)

“Whoa, for real?”

(Yeah, watching it hit lower limit gave me chills. It moved exactly like you said before. So I just went for it. I still have spare cash, so don’t worry too much.)

“Well, you did lend me 2 million before too.”

(Exactly!)

“In the end, it’s gonna turn out well.”

(Hehe, it’ll go up tomorrow, right?)

“Definitely. At least two days of rises, so pull out your principal by then at the latest. You remember the promise, right?”

(Got it, dude. If I make a lot this time, I’ll treat you properly!)

“Oh? Can I look forward to it?”

(Of course! If you’re bored, come over for some chicken and beer tonight or tomorrow evening.)

“Okay.”

(Alright, hanging up—customer came in.)

“Good luck.”

As soon as the call ended, another piece of good news arrived.

[Hello, Writer Ryu Seong! Your emoticons are finally live^^ You can check sales status in real time. Please access the site below and…]

Reading the message, Ryu Seong smiled brightly.

Step by step.

Everything was stacking up nicely.

*

The next day, the moment he started the YouTube live stream, about thirty viewers flooded in right away.

“Wow, so many people came?”

It seemed yesterday’s lower-limit buy, the disclosure, and the posts on the discussion board had quite the effect.

**Gilga Maxim**: You really wore the mask lol

**Garlic Tasty**: Got wrecked hard yesterday but came after seeing the board!

**Eorap Show**: Mask Man, are you maybe… a big player?

**Gae-mul-chi**: Upper limit today, right? To the moon gazua!

**Jjakbal**: I’m Jjakbal, little bro of Jjak-gwi. Yo Mask Man, show us what you got.

**Altang**: Today… please go up!!

**True Education**: Kyah, buying at lower limit yesterday was a god move

**Jurin-ing**: Is this the famous stock delicacy restaurant?

**Panda**: Just here to watch lol I’m a shareholder too!

Ryu Seong replied to every chat that came up.

“Gilga Maxim-nim, yeah, the mask is cool, right? Garlic-nim, escape mode today for sure. Eorap Show-nim, if I were a real big player I wouldn’t be doing this lol. Gae-mul-chi-nim, with the disclosure yesterday expectations are sky-high, so it should rise at least somewhat? Personally I’m predicting upper limit. Oh, and…”

He paused for a second in front of the viewer with the Jjakbal concept.

Still, he decided to reply.

“Little bro of Jjak-gwi, Jjakbal-nim. Upper limit expected today. Altang-nim, nice to see you again. True Education-nim too. Just got lucky. Jurin-ing-nim, yeah I do stocks a bit. Remember the title on day one? ‘The Investor Who Always Succeeds.’ Panda-nim, fighting as fellow shareholders!”

While lightly chatting away, it became 9:00.

The pre-market atmosphere was already great.

10,150 won

10,200 won

10,300 won

Current time: 9:00 sharp.

It opened with a whopping 11% gap up. The moment the market opened, it immediately triggered the first upside VI and trading paused temporarily.

“Wow, gap up straight into VI.”

The chat split into joy and regret.

Those who had bought.

And those who hadn’t.

**Altang**: *Sob* ㅠ A ray of hope…!

**Panda**: Ooooh, gazuaaaa!

**True Education**: Ah, my stomach hurts

**Eorap Show**: Sell now!! It’s gonna crash again any second!

**Jjakbal**: Taking out the upper shelf right from the opening?

Ryu Seong let out a small chuckle.

This Jjakbal guy really committed to the concept.

It was actually pretty entertaining.

“Jjakbal-nim, it’s going even higher. And Eorap Show-nim, I told you—upper limit today. I’m personally expecting at least two consecutive upper limits.”

**Altang**: Wow, if it really does two upper limits I’ll actually make some profit…

**Eorap Show**: Aish, such a newbie vibe. It’s gonna drop!

**True Education**: Guess I’ll just munch on popcorn now.

In the meantime, the VI was lifted.

The stock price drifted sideways.

10,400 won

10,350 won

10,400 won

For a few minutes the sideways movement continued, and the excitement in the chat cooled off somewhat. But on the discussion board people split into two camps and started fighting in earnest.

[ Told you it’s heading to hell]

[Uh-jong-sang~! No matter how much you yap, the closing price is gonna be upper limit anyway, uh-jong-sang!]

[Yeah? Uh-jong-ha though? ]

[Closing price is lower limit anyway?]

[Looks like a lot of salty ants who couldn’t buy ㅎ]

[Buy now while you still can!]

[Too many antis, this is 100% a dump operation!]

[Yeah yeah, antis welcome ]

Maybe because real money was on the line, the level of personal attacks and trash-talking was on another level.

“Wow, they’re really going at it on the discussion board.”

**Altang**: It’s always like that over there lol

**Jurin-ing**: Battlefield, what can you do ㅎ

**True Education**: Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t have opened the popcorn. This is getting boring?

The upper limit was certain, but the only question left was exactly *when* it would hit the full 30%. It could keep drifting boringly like this and then spike to upper limit right at the end. But he couldn’t possibly keep the live stream going until market close at 3:30 p.m.

“I’ll watch a bit longer for now.”

While chatting idly, about 20 minutes passed.

Then the stock price suddenly started moving hard.

10,700 won.

10,750 won.

10,800 won.

10,950 won.

Before long it had climbed roughly 19% and triggered the second upside VI.

**Jurin-ing**: Whoa, damn. 19%? With seed money over 250 million…?

**Panda**: Holy crap, profit already 50 million

**Altang**: Gazuaaaaaaaaa!

Ryu Seong had his current account status displayed in the bottom right of the screen.

Stock: Power Edison

Purchase Amount: 260,000,000 won

Return Rate: 19.1%

Unrealized Profit/Loss: 49,660,000 won

Total Valuation: 309,660,000 won

Thanks to that, both the buy amount and the growing profit were laid bare for everyone to see.

And that was part of the fun.

The viewers’ shocked reactions and the tension of watching the money grow sent the excitement through the roof.

“This is shaking me more than I expected.”

Even though he already knew exactly what would happen to the price, his heart was pounding.

He felt like letting out a primal scream.

“Ah, VI just lifted—uh, uh…!”

In the blink of an eye, it swallowed up all the available volume and shot straight to the upper limit.

Price: 11,950 won.

Return Rate: 29.5%.

Profit: 78 million won.

That was the limit. There was no way to hide this level of excitement anymore.

A roar was about to burst out.

But even in that moment, Ryu Seong wanted to rein in the excitement and show an even cooler, more composed side. The instant that thought crossed his mind, a refreshing, inexplicable sensation washed over him.

His mind snapped crystal clear.

So this is how it feels.

It seemed his passive talent “Composure” had activated.

He instinctively understood.

Like this.

Thanks to that, Ryu Seong continued in a noticeably calmer voice.

“It has reached the upper limit. Congratulations, everyone.”

The viewers were stunned once again at his demeanor.

**Altang**: Wow, damn. Making that much money and still so chill…!

**Jjakbal**: So he really is the real deal.

Afterward, he stopped by the discussion board and posted.

[Nickname: Information Broker]

[This one’s going upper limit again tomorrow.]

He left behind one light trace.

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